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Electric Vehicle Charging Principle

Setec Powerr

With soaring oil prices and global policy support, electric vehicles will become increasingly popular. Wireless charging is to automatically connect to the grid for charging and discharging through the wireless charging source board embedded in the road and parking space without using wires and cables.

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State Department releases Keystone XL Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

Green Car Congress

Rail loading facilities for the Canadian oil sands are estimated to have a capacity of approximately 700,000 bpd of crude oil, and by the end of 2014 this will likely increase to more than 1.1 The dominant drivers of oil sands development are more global than any single infrastructure project. million bpd.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Several early models of passenger vehicles have enough energy stored in advanced batteries to power several homes for hours. Individuals and businesses lose months and connect fees when they add solar and other forms of renewable energy to the grid. The current electrical grid is poorly designed for distributed generation of power.

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